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Thanks, Coach. Your play studies are invaluable for those of us unfamiliar with some of the concepts.

So...engaging with the team more will make them better shooters? Last night all the players NOT named Paopao or Rogers shot 3 for 21. That's a whopping 14%. The problem isn't lineup or offensive schemes. How would you suggest Graves should proceed? And remember, the team has been rife with injuries this year...seriously handicapping them in practice and in games.

You know the old saying..."It's not about the X's and O's, it's about the Jimmies and Joes". I think Coach Graves and his staff are doing just fine. He hasn't forgotten how to coach. So what is the problem? Mostly it's as has been stated...there is only one Sabrina! Also, this year's team also suffers from multiple injuries to key players AND poor shooting. Here is a look at this season vs. the 2019-20 season....Sabrina's last year. FG% .429 vs. .509 3PT% .358 vs. .395 FT% .718 vs. .773 Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.3 vs. 1.9 Reb/Game 39.7 vs. 41.6 This year's team is full of life and good players. They just aren't as talented as the ladies of the past super teams. We can be a bit spoiled by OBD past successes, can't we?! Good shooting can fix all that ails. A couple more Rogers would be nice. Consistency is the mark of the professional.

Just spit-balling here, but I'd guess that a number of athletes, especially those from the northwest, hunt and thus possess firearms. We don't even know what sort of firearm was involved. Regardless of all that, I hope a fair decision is rendered to TH by the school.

Perhaps one reason for BI's lovely and successful 6.8 ypc was the fact that he was rested. I think the successful rb use overall was a testament to Locklyn's good choices. But Nix....well that's a different story. I'd like to see him run a lot less. He's great runner, but it's obvious the Duck's offense was diminished when he was hurt. Let's hope Stein has a plan to secure Nix's health this season.

Yes, Morgan being out for USC perhaps made us look better at inside drives than we would normally. Dante is playing hero for the team. He's doing spectacularly this season. And it was good to see Richardson cut down on his foolish turnovers and score some points. Soares...uh. And WHAT happened to Guerrier? He seems a little lost this year. Has he been injured? Still, the team is rounding into better shape....and is healthier than it has been all season. I agree with Charles. There still is room for improvement on this team. Let's see if they show it tonight. Hope so. GO DUCKS!

Cannot the same be said for UO and Portland? We do okay with OSU added to the mix. And the populations of Portland/Eugene/Corvallis is roughly equal to that of Denver/Boulder/Fort Collins. And CSU, for a few reasons, is certainly a superior addition over SMU.

Is there any reason the PAC is not looking at Colorado State? Perfect regional matchup with CU. Excellent academics. Good enrollment levels and is fast growing. Football could be competitive in football.

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It's not just an east coast vs. west coast phenomenon. Until last month I couldn't get Ducks games, either. And I live in Oregon. It's the carrier that does or does not carry the games. I had Directv which does not carry the PAC12 Network. I now have Spectrum, which does. This was one of the major problems with good ol' Larry. He negotiated the network, unrealistically asking for the moon. And many carriers (and linear networks) just said "Go away". That is the reason you can't see the games.

And you have my preference. I'd gladly pay over and above the carrier costs for Timbers and Ducks games. I don't really give a hoot about other teams in their leagues. Ala carte is ala bueno for me...and I'd speculate most others here, as well.

I believe that the predicted success of sports streaming is totally speculative. This was the kind of thinking that went into Luddite Larry's effort to begin the PAC's own network. It wasn't cable distribution that failed. It was the gawd awful rights negotiations...particularly with Directv. This is factual. Currently, cable is the only platform that will produce excellent broadcast results. Broadband doesn't mean broad bandwidth in delivery systems such as satellite tv. I'd like to repeat this...streaming will be an extra cost over and above cable (or any other platform). So immediate success is most likely to be in the negative column. Assuming technology advances quickly to overcome cable reliance for streaming...years in the future as pondered by Charles, we still don't really know what the future holds. But successful, money-making sports trends are currently in the hands of PPV. Ala carte offerings have been discussed before by the various platforms. And they are still very much a possibility for our Ducks viewing future.

Thanks for your answer, GODUCKS. But you have sort of illuminated my point. This Comcast streaming tech is carried by CABLE tv. That is the only way streaming can be fruitfully realized. Some people think that if they have wifi, then streaming is a piece of cake. Not. It depends upon the platform (i.e. cable, dsl, satellite). Cable trounces other platforms with its speed and bandwidth. So basically one has to have cable to obtain decent streaming. Therein lies a little problem or two. Streaming adds on another layer of pricing to the cable system. Also, cable (such as my new Spectrum) already provides tons of sports that will compete with any streaming additions. If the PAC moves into a streaming system (e.g. Apple, Amazon, Netflix, etc.) it will be competing with the other solid and much viewed sports on the basic cable platform. And these streaming companies will have to wage a hefty financial war with established network and cable tv to obtain profitable network shares of the sports viewership. Like most of you, I believe streaming will be the next video (and audio) frontier. But even with as fast as technology advances, it will be a long slog for the companies to make serious headway in the ultra-profitable sports broadcast market. I'm not certain they have the competitive and financial will to go head-to-head with giants like NBC (which owns Comcast, by the way). I don't know. Perhaps my old man logic is still stuck in the '60s, and I don't see the scope of culture change...as it pertains to Gen Z and later. Attitudes certainly change. Still, I see much headwind facing the growth of tv streaming. My into-the-future telescope believes that all sports will eventually be offered ala carte. So PPV will be that next wave, me thinks. As an addendum, I'll say that I have watched a couple of Comcast cable streamed movies. (No sports, though.) There was a quite a diminished difference from the picture and audio quality of dvd/blu-rays. I did not see it on 4k capable equipment. So there is that possibility.

I'd appreciate it if someone would tell me what current internet service provides the speed and bandwidth to provide anything streaming without constant buffering. Good old cable is the only one I know.

I'm with Penn...Duck. This move, even with split broadcasting, is too large a risk to undertake at this time. The PAC is a weak conference and there will likely be a substantial loss of viewership and value (for reasons stated above as well as others). Even with the 'possibility' of increased public use of streaming services in the latter part of this decade, as long as there are linear viewing options, streaming is unlikely to be profitable in the near term. Netflix has been bleeding customers recently and Amazon has been axing employees like cheap trees. These may or may not represent viable and profitable platforms for the PAC...but I think only in the long term when all plasma tv's and aged fans are long gone. Lastly, I'd like to add that satellite streaming potential is minimal due to bandwidth problems. How about DSL? I just dumped CenturyLink (gawd-awful customer service). Our download speed...with their latest modem, was a pedestrian 75mbps. (Upload was sick at .75 mbps. POINT 75!) And now, how about the oft-stated 'end of life' cable (Spectrum) that we went to? 365 mbps d/l and 11 mbps upload. (I am told that upload will soon be going to 100 meg.) Unless I completely misunderstand (an unfortunate possibility), this "dying" cable is the very best method for streaming without a gaggle of interrupts. Streaming? I'm with Annie. I'm too damn old to play with tech that I don't want, and too cheap/poor to gather other expenditures I don't need (new tv, streaming devices, etc.) I think streaming is definitely for the youth culture that exists today. Commentary on the latter withheld to protect the innocent.

If DL is still around in 20223 () I think he will bring the excitement back to the Ducks ... after oh so boring Mario ball.

Over at 247, five predictions have been made....four by South Carolina Insiders, and one by a neutral guy from Maryland who has a 100% accuracy rating for this recruiting cycle. (Close to DC, no?!) As you can surmise, the SC guys have Harbor going there. The MD fellow, a publisher of Maryland Sports, has a high confidence of Harbor to the Ducks! Predictions, with one SC exception, were made today. Oh, and Rivals likes him as a Duck, too. I hope Harbor's girlfriend either transfers to Oregon or knows she will be logging a lot of air miles in her future.

Great post. Thanks for the insight, 51. When I went to Cal in the '60s, I wasn't offered bupkiss. But now a question. Did you sign with LSU?

By the way, Ware has a better shooting %, overall and for 3-pt. than Richardson. Sad. It seems Richardson, who thankfully has cut down on his turnovers lately, has had a tough time regaining his form after his late season injury last year.

I agree on the comparo of Ware to TT. Same blank look. Soares requires some getting used to. He's an agressive, sometimes over-agressive, defensive player. The Ducks really need his D. But you're right about his shooting ... which, by the way, is only slightly worse than Richardson's. If Richardson is more than 2 feet from the hoop, it's usually a brick. (I say usually, because sometimes he must close his eyes and hit a 3 like last night's basket.) Oh, and it's said that the Ducks have the worst 3 shooting team in the conference. Sad but obvious. Catching teams that have a big lead requires good outside shooting. Ducks are mighty short on that skill set. Cousinard (and Dante, as well) is going to be the Duck's savior this season and its tournament hope. The guy is a hustler with a great shot. GO DUCKS!

This team reminds of the men's team. No one can reliably shoot from distance. Those bricks hurt my ears...........

I wonder how Harbor's girlfriend would enjoy running track for Oregon.....

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LeBron is not noted for keeping his opinion to himself. I think he'd have plenty to say about how Bronny is used. Bronny may or may not be overrated but let's hope if he does come, the media attention and his bullish dad stay away from Eugene.

Perspective must be embraced. If 2 or 3 bold decisions in challenging situations had turned out differently (e.g. the One Play Thompson, 4th down vs. the beavs) we would have cheered him as a gunslinging football savior who completely erased the sour memory of MC. Further, we'd be wringing our hands about him leaving to coach Alabama in a year. There are no guarantees for winning in football. Other teams can present matchup difficulties, are have their best game against the Ducks, or are simply better teams than our beloved Ducks. Perfection in football is almost as rare as a unicorn. DL tried some things that didn't work. He also tried a lot of things that certainly did. Let's give it a measure. I'm going with 99% good to great and 1% oops to yetch. How would you grade his overall work? I want DL to be our Ducks' coach...and for a long time. I also want a more attacking defense. Hopefully that comes in year 2. I want a natty for our boys. But then...I want a new 77" tv for Christmas....but the missus says "Nyet". So one can't have everything. Can one? Nevertheless, I have a nice 8 year old 58" plasma in the meantime. (Unless I accidentally break it, heh heh.) GO DUCKS!